@EM_RESUS Additional comorbidities have to be mentioned here, type 1 dm? CKD? Rheum dz? Familial hyperchol? Demographic framing is part of clinical reasoning.
@bryan_johnson@talmagejohnson_ Plasma pheresis is not without risk
Substantial removal of important antibodies and blood clotting factors especially if he is replacing his entire plasma with only albumin. Quite frankly dangerous. Also no one would say you have โclean plasmaโ
#HurricaneHelene damaged the factory responsible for manufacturing over 60% of all IV fluids used in the US, leading to a major national shortage.
As clinicians what can we do to about the #IVFluidShortage and how can we prevent this crisis from happening again?
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@TrekDocFan@nickmmark Iโm actually not joking. One of my patients had a miso soup pack today in his bag and the bedside nurse helped heat up a cup of water.
@jjfitzgeraldMD Why donโt you post a guideline, perhaps the one you follow. I mean this genuinely, perhaps it will be helpful for med twitter physicians